News about Ermedin Demirovic

Even in an age when data and digital technology has rendered the traditional scout at the side of the park an endangered species, the recruitment of football players is not yet an exact science. When German club Augsburg splashed out the princely sum of £83,000 to land a teenager called Arne Engels in January of last year, the midfielder was barely a dot on the world game's radar. A Club Brugge player from the age of 12 after starting out at KAA Gent, the kid from the municipality of Opwijk had featured for the Under-23 team on only 20 occasions away from the public's glare.

Matthijs de Ligt did not mince words as he admitted he was far from his best after enduring a dismal display on international duty.  The Netherlands entered their clash with Bosnia and Herzegovina as sizeable favourites and promptly delivered on their billing as Joshua Zirkzee fired them into an early lead. Ermedin Demirovic capitalised on a defensive error from United's £43m summer signing to draw the visitors level before Tijjani Reijnders restored the Netherlands' lead before the interval.

After losing 2-0 at halftime, the England forward netted his team's third goal of their 3-2 victory, with Aleksandar Pavlovic and Alphonso Davies netting in the first half to give under pressure Thomas Tuchel and his side some breathing space. In the second half, Ermedin Demirovic scored a goal back for the hosts, ensuring Bayern would either stay solid or risk losing more ground to the league leaders. Kane however resurrecting his team's two-goal lead and the defending champions before Demirovic's late penalty made it 3-2, narrowing the gap to Xabi Alonsen to one point at least temporarily.

On Sunday, Borussia Dortmund defeated Augsburg 4-3, with striker Sebastien Haller making a return appearance after his cancer treatment. Augsburg managed to equalize three times before Gio Reyna's 78th minute looping shot gave the hosts victory in their season's return after a two-month break. Dortmund, who saw Ivory Coast forward Haller return to action as a second half substitute for his first appearance since his testicular cancer surgery and therapy, in July, finish sixth on 28 points.